Author: alexbnewhouse

The Federal Communications Commission today passed a proposal that begins the process of unraveling the regulations currently protecting net neutrality. The FCC voted 2-1 to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a necessary step for an independent federal agency like the FCC to change or implement a rule or regulation. The NPRM lays out a plan that would remove the Internet's current classification as a public utility and re-categorize it as "information service." Such a rule change would open the door for Internet Service Providers to dramatically overhaul how they offer Internet service to their customers.…